Hi, I'm Richard. I'm 36 and from the north-east of England. I move most days and will claim timeouts unless vacation flag is set. Similarly, I expect you to take a timeout against me if the opportunity presents itself... no hard feelings!
As you can probably see from my ratings graph (ouch, all those timeouts!), I went through a path where I didn't play for a couple of years. My goal on this site is to be consistently ranked above 1600.
As per section 3b of the terms of services, please note that I *will* usually use databases during the opening.
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